# banca
## English
### Etymology

From Philippine Spanish banca, from Tagalog bangka.

### Noun

banca (plural bancas)
* (Philippines) A canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout.
** 1908, W. W. Pettit, “Fourth Grade Civics: 13th Meeting—Water Supply”, in Philippine Education‎, volume 5, number 1, Manila, page 29:In towns on plains near the sea it is difficult to secure good water. The rivers are salt and water has to be carried in bancas many miles. An open banca is neither a clean nor a safe way to carry water.

#### Derived terms

* motor banca
* motorized banca

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* bancu

### Noun

banca f (plural banques)
* (large) bench
* bank (building)
* bank (institution)
* trough
* pot (of a lottery)

## Catalan
### Etymology

From banc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbaŋ.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbaŋ.ka]

### Noun

banca f (plural banques)
* low bench
* banking system

### Further reading

* “banca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “banca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “banca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “banca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Corsican
### Etymology

Of Germanic origin. Akin to Italian banca, see there for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbanka/

### Noun

banca f (plural banche)
* bank

#### References

* https://infcor.adecec.net/

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈban.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (una banca):(file)
* Rhymes: -anka
* Hyphenation: bàn‧ca

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lombardic bank (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). Cognates include Spanish banco and Portuguese banco. Doublet of banco and panca.

#### Noun

banca f (plural banche)
* bank (financial institution)

##### Descendants

See banco for descendants.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

banca
* inflection of bancare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Lombard
### Pronunciation

* (Milanese) IPA: /ˈbaŋka/
* (Bergamasque) IPA: /baŋk/

### Etymology 1

From either Lombardic panch or Frankish.

#### Noun

banca m (plural banch)
* bench

### Etymology 2

From Old Lombard panka, from Lombardic bank.

#### Noun

banca m (plural banch)
* bank

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɐ̃.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃kɐ
* Hyphenation: ban‧ca

#### Noun

banca f (plural bancas)
* stall (a small open-fronted shop)
    Synonym: (Brazil) estande
* booth (a small stall for the display and sale of goods)
* newsstand (open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale)
* (economics) banking
* (Brazil) jury (a group of people whose aim is to judge something)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

banca
* inflection of bancar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbanka]

### Noun

banca f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of bancă

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbanka/ [ˈbãŋ.ka]
* Rhymes: -anka
* Syllabification: ban‧ca

### Etymology 1

From banco.

#### Noun

banca f (plural bancas)
* small bench
    Synonym: banqueta
* seat (in an elective body)
    Synonyms: escaño, curul
* financial system
* (Philippines) a kind of large pitcher made of coarse clay

##### Derived terms

* banca electrónica
* banca privada
* bancar
* bancarizar
* banquita
* calientabancas

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog bangka.

#### Noun

banca f (plural bancas)
* (Philippines) a small outrigger canoe boat used in the Philippines

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

banca
* inflection of bancar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “banca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* Abella, Venancio María de (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños.‎, 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 112